North Carolina DMV: Operating While Mentally Impaired

[Anybodyhome]

The DMV system in NC is quite possibly the worst I've ever encountered. The driver's license part isn't that bad, the state troopers actually run it and it is somewhat efficient.

 

The vehicle registration part of it is a trainwreck. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to subcontract this part of the operation, staff it with the worst customer service people imaginable and then separate it from the driver's license department should be taken out and shot.

 

Not to mention the fact my vehicle- 2009 Tahoe LTZ, 107k miles (yes, 5 model years old) cost me $446 to register. My annual registration in VA was $180 a year the last couple years.

 

I'm one of the more patient people I know, don't mind standing in lines or having to wait. But I need to figure out the dynamic they possess that seems to piss everyone off within 3-4 minutes of walking in the door.

 

Anyone have any great horror stories from the DMV?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Darth Biscuit]

My dad recently gave me an older truck that he wasn't using anymore, mainly for my younger son who will be 16 soon...

 

I went to the DMV about a month or so ago to transfer the title and was pleasantly surprised at how quick and easy it was.

 

It was about 2PM on a weekday, and it was moderately busy...

 

 

Of course two people in front of me tried to pay with a debit card even though there were at least 4 signs on the premises that clearly explained that their machines weren't working and they only took cash or checks currently...  

 

The lady I dealt with was nice and pleasant.  Certainly not what I was expecting.

[Brooklyn Bully]

This is so old news, Moses just dropped it and broke it.

[Chimera]

Yeah registration times makes me wish I had kept WA plates. ($48/year - no inspection or taxes vs. $300+)

[Kevin Greene]

And now they're in charge of your health care.

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[KendrickPanther]

I think I spent 80 bucks in taxes on a 14 year old car. But that might have just been county tax. Don't remember.

[Darth Biscuit]

I think I spent 80 bucks in taxes on a 14 year old car. But that might have just been county tax. Don't remember.

 

That truck my dad gave me was a '92, so 22 years old...  iirc the fees were $92... something in the $90's...

[Scrumtrilescent]

Yep, subcontracting out the licensing agencies and yet owning the ABC stores still makes me confused.

[Anybodyhome]

And now they're in charge of your health care.

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The State of North Carolina is in charge of my health care? Really?

 

 

[Kevin Greene]

The State of North Carolina is in charge of my health care? Really?

 

Really.

 

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

Really.

 

 

 

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No. They aren't. As a retired military guy, my health care is covered by a federal program. The state has nothing to do with it. 

 

[Kevin Greene]

whatever